Our client is looking for a hands on Financial Accountant to take ownership of audit and tax deliverables through a complex reporting period, with a secondary focus on technical accounting and finance process improvement.
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About Our Client
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Our client is a large, multi entity group with an active acquisition strategy that adds ongoing complexity to its finance function. The finance team operates in a fast moving setting where priorities shift and the work is rarely routine, offering broad exposure to audit, tax, and technical accounting.
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Responsibilities
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- Support the integration of newly acquired entities into group reporting, including opening balance sheet review and cleanup
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- Assist with purchase price allocation and the accounting treatment of acquisitions as they occur
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- Support the year end statutory audit process, liaising with external auditors and preparing supporting schedules
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- Assist with tax return support, workpapers and reconciliations across BAS, FBT and income tax
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- Apply AASB standards to technical accounting positions across leases, provisions and equity related transactions
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- Contribute to process improvement as the finance function adapts existing templates and models to new acquisitions
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Requirements
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- CA or CPA qualified, or in the final stages
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- Genuine exposure to acquisition or M&A; accounting, whether from a due diligence, integration, or opening balance sheet perspective
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- Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy in a fast changing, less structured environment
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- Exposure to audit and tax processes highly regarded, though not the primary requirement
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- Experience in a multi entity or group structure environment highly regarded
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- Strong written communication, able to summarise technical positions clearly for non technical stakeholders
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- Available at short notice
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What's on Offer
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A role with genuine variety, working across acquisition accounting, technical accounting and general reporting rather than a single narrow function. Clear deliverables and timelines despite the pace of the environment. Strong potential to convert to a permanent position once the initial period is complete. On site parking.
📌 Financial Accountant | Norwest | 12 months initially (Immediately Available) (New South Wales)
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